Primary Recipient

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$244,734.00

Award Date

9/20/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The hypocretins (Hcrts), also known as orexins, are two hypothalamic neuropeptides, discovered by the applicant, with key functions in arousal maintenance, acute stress and brain reward function (de Lecea et al., 1998; de Lecea and Sutcliffe, 2005). The o